California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 6 - Resources Agency
Chapter 3 - Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act
Article 20 - Definitions
Section 15358 - Effects
Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 15358
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
"Effects" and "impacts" as used in these guidelines are synonymous.
(a) Effects include:
(1) Direct or primary effects which are caused by the project and occur at the same time and place.
(2) Indirect or secondary effects which are caused by the project and are later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable. Indirect or secondary effects may include growth-inducing effects and other effects related to induced changes in the pattern of land use, population density, or growth rate, and related effects on air and water and other natural systems, including ecosystems.
(b) Effects analyzed under CEQA must be related to a physical change.
1. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 10-6-2005 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2005, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Section 21083, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 21068 and 21100, Public Resources Code.
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